DOCSP-16551 updates and deletes limitations on time-series collections

Author: Jocelyn Mendez

source/core/timeseries-collections.txt

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ command:
        }
    )
 
+.. _time-series-fields:
+
 When creating a time series collection, specify the following options:
 
 .. list-table::

source/core/timeseries/timeseries-limitations.txt

@@ -24,9 +24,18 @@ The maximum size of a measurement document is 4 MB.
 Updates and Deletes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-:ref:`Time series collections <manual-timeseries-collection>` only
-support insert operations and read queries. Updates and manual delete operations
-result in an error.
+:ref:`Time series collections <manual-timeseries-collection>` support update
+and delete operations with limitations. The following operations are not supported
+on time series collections:
+
+- :dbcommand:`findAndModify`.
+- Updates that modify the ``timeField``.
+- Updates with ``multi:false`` that modify the ``metaField``.
+- Updates with ``upsert:true``.
+- Updates or deletes in multi-document transactions.
+
+MongoDB supports all other update and delete operations. For more information, 
+see :ref:`<collection-method>`.
 
 To automatically delete old data, :ref:`set up automatic removal (TTL)
 <set-up-automatic-removal>`.

source/reference/command/findAndModify.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _find-and-modify:
+
 =============
 findAndModify
 =============

source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _collection-update:
+
 ======================
 db.collection.update()
 ======================
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ The :method:`db.collection.update()` method has the following form:
       }
    )
 
+.. _update-parameters:
+
 Parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 

source/reference/method/js-collection.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _collection-method:
+
 ==================
 Collection Methods
 ==================

source/release-notes/5.1.txt

@@ -59,6 +59,21 @@ Starting in MongoDB 5.1, :expression:`$dateSubtract` and
 :expression:`$dateAdd` report an error when an overflow is detected for
 ``amount`` values.
 
+Time Series Collections
+-----------------------
+
+Geo Indexing for Time Series collections
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Starting in MongoDB 5.1, you can use :ref:`geo indexes
+<timeseries-limitations-secondary-indexes>` on the ``metaField`` of time
+series collections.
+
+Updates and Deletes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Starting in MongoDB 5.1, time series collections support 
+:ref:`update and delete operations <updates-and-deletes>` with limitations.
+
 .. _5.1-rel-notes-sbe:
 
 Slot-Based Query Execution Engine
@@ -135,12 +150,6 @@ Opcode Counters
 Resharding Statistics
   - :serverstatus:`shardingStatistics.resharding.lastOpEndingChunkImbalance`
 
-Geo Indexing for Time Series collections
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Starting in MongoDB 5.1, you can use :ref:`geo indexes
-<timeseries-limitations-secondary-indexes>` on the ``metaField`` of time
-series collections.
 
 Schema Validation Errors Contain Description Field
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~